Contradictory Characters: An Interpretation of the Modern Theatre
Autor Albert Bermelen Limba Engleză Paperback – 13 mai 1996
Winner of the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism
Playwright and critic Albert Bermel examines thirteen modern plays to assess the underpinnings of dramatic conflict. Contradictory Characters inspects the three well-known types of dramatic conflict-between characters, between character and environment, and within the protagonist himself-and argues that the "character-against-himself" is not only a type of conflict, but is indeed the prototypical conflict underlying the others.
Playwright and critic Albert Bermel examines thirteen modern plays to assess the underpinnings of dramatic conflict. Contradictory Characters inspects the three well-known types of dramatic conflict-between characters, between character and environment, and within the protagonist himself-and argues that the "character-against-himself" is not only a type of conflict, but is indeed the prototypical conflict underlying the others.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780810114418
ISBN-10: 0810114410
Pagini: 298
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Ediția:Revizuită
Editura: Northwestern University Press
Colecția Northwestern University Press
ISBN-10: 0810114410
Pagini: 298
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Ediția:Revizuită
Editura: Northwestern University Press
Colecția Northwestern University Press
Notă biografică
ALBERT BERMEL is a playwright, critic, and translator. He is Chairman of the Department of Speech and Theatre and Professor of Theatre at Lehman College. He is also Professor of Theatre at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
Cuprins
Acknowledgments
Premises
The Character Against Himself
The Penitent as Mother: Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen (1882)
The Child as Husband: The Father by August Strindberg (1887)
The Warrior as Peacemaker: Tiger at the Gates by Jean Giraudoux (1935)
The House Divided
The Society as Mosaic: The Three Sisters by Chekhov (1901)
The Familty as Villain: Long Day's Journey Into Night by Eugene O'Neill (1941)
The Living Statues: Six Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello (1921)
The Character Against His Environment
The Man as Machine: Gas II by Georg Kaiser (1920)
Hero and Heroine as Topographical Features: Krapp's Last Tape (1958) and Happy Days (1961) by Samuel Beckett
The Virgin as Heretic: Saint Joan by Bernard Shaw (1923)
The Dream Incarnator
The Paragon as Oppressor: The Good Woman of Setzuan by Bertolt Brecht (1943)
The Monarch as Beggar: A Slight Ache by Harold Pinter (1961)
The Poet as Solipsist: Dutchman by LeRoi Jones (1964)
The Dreamer as Mankind: The Fountain of Blood by Antonin Artaud (1924)
The Artist as Self-Redeemer: When We Dead Awaken by Henrik Ibsen (1899)
Deductions
Index
Premises
The Character Against Himself
The Penitent as Mother: Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen (1882)
The Child as Husband: The Father by August Strindberg (1887)
The Warrior as Peacemaker: Tiger at the Gates by Jean Giraudoux (1935)
The House Divided
The Society as Mosaic: The Three Sisters by Chekhov (1901)
The Familty as Villain: Long Day's Journey Into Night by Eugene O'Neill (1941)
The Living Statues: Six Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello (1921)
The Character Against His Environment
The Man as Machine: Gas II by Georg Kaiser (1920)
Hero and Heroine as Topographical Features: Krapp's Last Tape (1958) and Happy Days (1961) by Samuel Beckett
The Virgin as Heretic: Saint Joan by Bernard Shaw (1923)
The Dream Incarnator
The Paragon as Oppressor: The Good Woman of Setzuan by Bertolt Brecht (1943)
The Monarch as Beggar: A Slight Ache by Harold Pinter (1961)
The Poet as Solipsist: Dutchman by LeRoi Jones (1964)
The Dreamer as Mankind: The Fountain of Blood by Antonin Artaud (1924)
The Artist as Self-Redeemer: When We Dead Awaken by Henrik Ibsen (1899)
Deductions
Index
Recenzii
"Vigorously written, purposeful and impassioned." —Stanley Kauffmann, The New Republic
Descriere
Playwright and critic Albert Bermel examines thirteen modern plays to assess the underpinnings of dramatic conflict. Contradictory Characters inspects the three well-known types of dramatic conflict-between characters, between character and environment, and within the protagonist himself-and argues that the "character-against-himself" is not only a type of conflict, but is indeed the prototypical conflict underlying the others